Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1887-10-13
LOCAL NEWS.

See notice Of stoves for sale.
Quiet since court adjourned.
see notice Of town property for sale ut
bargain.
A number of people were in town last
week proving up On land.
Hotels and livery stablc~ did heavy
bssiness during court week.
beautiful weather again. Ranchmen
should take advantage 81 IL.
I'd Corlin. superintendent 81 the stage
line. was i, town first III the week.
New line Of cooking and heating stoves
i,,st received "A. T. &. Power 4 Bros.
o.,ar stephens. ri IT. Ma,innis, one ~
,,ur most succ,sssul wool growers, was IN
town last week.
J.H. Ming will drive his beef cattle, dry
stock aud steers. to Helena to supply the
local market. There will b. about 10"
head altogether.
john ~. Ming has purchased his unc'eH
horse band. consisting Of 2SO head, ana
will range them On Plum creek. IN the North
Moccasin mountains.
Bear in mind that Dr. II. II. Wynne. the
eve. ear. nose and throat specialist, will he
at III. Day House on Sunday October 23d.
Read his local notice.
Wiliam aud Thomas Berkin have our
thanks for the hind quarter oI bear
taken from one Of the ysarlinss shot in
their recent adventure.
Dell Allen aud Charley Yates left for the
Castle mountains On Monday in Red
River cart. u. NJ. barrow accompanied
tn. outii ON horseback.
-tsv. .sr,iitir I'D -lsssAEsi.
day. hut on account ~ the bad road" w's
unable to get through. lie will b- there =
week from next Friday.
Interior work Of the bank building ID
progressing rapidly. Mr.. Moe expects ia
move into the building next week. The
new bank safe arrived II few days since.
Ed Fosarty. brother Of John Fogarty
t,. wool grower. arrived from Billings sun
,lny With his wife and two children, who
come from California to make their HON,
an Mcdonald creek.
q. l.. Edwards, cousin of W. q. and j
W Norman. arrived in town last wees
from Bozeman. Mr.. Edwards came To th'
Territory from North Carolina recently
lie thinks Of locating permanently in thi'
section.
The annual meeting oi the Judith Woo
Growers Associ ttion occurred ON Thurs
day evening Of last week. There was 4
good Attendance and number al new
ing elsewhere.
AT the last meeting Of the Board q
County Commissioners it was decided t.
bond the county in the sum Of $50. 900 Ia
the purpose al funding the floating indebt
e,in-ss E.sewhere will be found n motto
of sale of county bonds.
The Moccasin beef roundup has con
,ludcd to drive to Great Falls Tor ship
ment, ha wing received word that the Mani
toba would he ready to receive the cattl
as soon as they arrived. The original in
tention was, We believe, to drive to the hi
Sandy.
Mr.. Carter. who went to Chicago n Shor
time ago with shipment 81 beef for Carte
x Tasaer, Of the Judith. returned las
night ON his way tn the Judith for the ba
the first lot Of IL carloads for $3.iO pc
hundred. -tiazette.
The coach that left here last Thursda
night for Maiden got lost in the storm AN
did not reach it's destination until noon q
the next day. {. Boissonneault. 81 Nader
and Frank Pick. 81 #. Maginnis. wer
aboard and spent the night on the prairi
with the driver.
John Ming. the cattlcman, came in fro'
his Moccasin ranch Sunday. Mr.. Ming
suffering from an attack Of pleurisy. bu
continued his journey toward Helena q
Tuesday. making y short stay at I'll
springs Tor the purpose Of testing the cur,
tlv. qualities OF the baths.
sir. Travis. Of the firm II Travis 4 Mo-
ris, horse growers VI TT. Shaw, was
town last week looking after horses belon
.ng to his band. He saw one Of them AZ
vertiscd in the ARGUS, which led to it's r.
cov-ry. the horse having been taken up b
Howard Sprague. 1t pays to advertise
The Lewistown Literary Society was O
gaIiz.d on Monday evening OF this ~eel
Judge Murray WAS ehosen president an
Mis-. Ziiisch. secretary. The first mectiI
81 the society will occur on Monday eve
Jag. October 24th. The question to he iii
..as-,ri is: ''Ies"lved that the press wielt
"a sreaier influence for good than the pu
pit" Meetings Of the society will he he
every two weeks during the winter.
, very rich discovery is said to ha'
iJ..n iaads in the Cone Butte mining di
s.ict recently by Mr.. John Lee. "Golde
Jack 70 the name given tn the new bona
~. wA.ch appears to be rich in gold al
silver The discoserer claims to have e
in,.d a lead eight OF niue feet in width